visit

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"By granting me the request I came to make, for my visit is an interested one.

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  1. transitive verb To call on socially: visit friends.
  2. transitive verb To go to see or spend time at (a place) with a certain intent: visit a museum; visited London.
  3. transitive verb To stay with as a guest.

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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

meeting ·  trip ·  conversation ·  call ·  tour ·  visitor ·  letter ·  arrival ·  engagement ·  adventure ·  affair ·  invitation

Used in the same contextWord Family

visit:   visits ·  visited ·  visiting ·  Visiting ·  Visit
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  1. Middle English visiten, from Old French visiter, from Latin vīsitāre, frequentative of vīsere, to want to see, go to see, from vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French visite = Spanish Portuguese Italian visita; from the verb.
 

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/ˈvɪzɪt/
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